{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026view=compact","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026page=1\u0026view=compact"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":3,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"vil_vil00017","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00017#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00017#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003ePrimarily records, 1973-1974, documenting the organization of a unified court system in Virginia; contains correspondence of Executive Secretary Hubert Bennett, Assistant Executive Secretary Fred Hodnett, and Attorney General Andrew Miller pertaining to the proposed legislative changes. Also includes two folders of correspondence and draft legislation pertaining to creation of an intermediate appellate court, 1982-1984; Committee on District Court minutes, April 15, 1974 and September 30, 2010, meeting agenda and materials April 15, 2011; and Futures Commission recommendations, April 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00017#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vil_vil00017","ead_ssi":"vil_vil00017","_root_":"vil_vil00017","_nest_parent_":"vil_vil00017","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsll-scv/vil00017.xml","title_ssm":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)"],"title_tesim":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)"],"text":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)","00030235","District courts -- Virginia -- History.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Maps.","0.50 cu. ft. (2 boxes)","There are no access restrictions.","In 1972, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation establishing general district and juvenile and domestic relations district courts.  Beginning July 1, 1973, every county and city was required to have one general district court and one juvenile and domestic relations district court, with one or more general district court judges and one or more juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.7) Town courts with general civil and criminal jurisdiction were abolished and their jurisdiction was conferred to the county district courts wherein the town was located. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.8)","The Committee on District Courts was created by act of Assembly in 1972 to assist the Chief Justice in the administrative supervision of Virginia's unified court system. Among the statutorily mandated responsibilities of the CDC are recommending new judgeships and certifying the need to fill district court vacancies, authorizing the number of clerks, magistrates and personnel in each district, establishing guidelines and policies for court system personnel and fixing salary classification schedules for district court personnel and magistrates. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)","Membership of the Committee includes the Chairmen of the Committees for Courts of Justice in the Senate and House of Delegates, two members of each of the Courts of Justice Committees appointed by the respective Chairmen, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia, one circuit court judge, two general district court judges and two juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. These judicial members are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)","Primarily records, 1973-1974, documenting the organization of a unified court system in Virginia; contains correspondence of Executive Secretary Hubert Bennett, Assistant Executive Secretary Fred Hodnett, and Attorney General Andrew Miller pertaining to the proposed legislative changes. Also includes two folders of correspondence and draft legislation pertaining to creation of an intermediate appellate court, 1982-1984; Committee on District Court minutes, April 15, 1974 and September 30, 2010, meeting agenda and materials April 15, 2011; and Futures Commission recommendations, April 1990.","Records, 1973-1974, contain recommendations, reports, draft legislation, directories of courts, maps of judicial circuits and districts, a personnel manual, a newspaper clipping, 1973, circa, about the reorganization of the courts; and a report on magistrate needs in Virginia localities and recommendations for implementation of a juvenile probation system.","Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.","Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","Virginia. Office of the Attorney General.","Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Executive Secretary.","Bennett, Hubert D.","Hodnett, Frederick A.","Miller, Andrew P., 1932-.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)"],"collection_ssim":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["00030235"],"unitid_tesim":["00030235"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia. Committee on District Courts."],"creator_ssim":["Virginia. Committee on District Courts."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bennett, Hubert D.","Hodnett, Frederick A.","Miller, Andrew P., 1932-."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","Virginia. Office of the Attorney General.","Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Executive Secretary."],"creators_ssim":["Bennett, Hubert D.","Hodnett, Frederick A.","Miller, Andrew P., 1932-.","Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","Virginia. Office of the Attorney General.","Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Executive Secretary."],"access_terms_ssm":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"acqinfo_ssim":["These records were transferred to the State Law Library from the Office of the Executive Secretary in 2006."],"access_subjects_ssim":["District courts -- Virginia -- History.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Maps."],"access_subjects_ssm":["District courts -- Virginia -- History.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Maps."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["0.50 cu. ft. (2 boxes)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation establishing general district and juvenile and domestic relations district courts.  Beginning July 1, 1973, every county and city was required to have one general district court and one juvenile and domestic relations district court, with one or more general district court judges and one or more juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.7) Town courts with general civil and criminal jurisdiction were abolished and their jurisdiction was conferred to the county district courts wherein the town was located. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.8)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Committee on District Courts was created by act of Assembly in 1972 to assist the Chief Justice in the administrative supervision of Virginia's unified court system. Among the statutorily mandated responsibilities of the CDC are recommending new judgeships and certifying the need to fill district court vacancies, authorizing the number of clerks, magistrates and personnel in each district, establishing guidelines and policies for court system personnel and fixing salary classification schedules for district court personnel and magistrates. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMembership of the Committee includes the Chairmen of the Committees for Courts of Justice in the Senate and House of Delegates, two members of each of the Courts of Justice Committees appointed by the respective Chairmen, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia, one circuit court judge, two general district court judges and two juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. These judicial members are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["In 1972, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation establishing general district and juvenile and domestic relations district courts.  Beginning July 1, 1973, every county and city was required to have one general district court and one juvenile and domestic relations district court, with one or more general district court judges and one or more juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.7) Town courts with general civil and criminal jurisdiction were abolished and their jurisdiction was conferred to the county district courts wherein the town was located. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.8)","The Committee on District Courts was created by act of Assembly in 1972 to assist the Chief Justice in the administrative supervision of Virginia's unified court system. Among the statutorily mandated responsibilities of the CDC are recommending new judgeships and certifying the need to fill district court vacancies, authorizing the number of clerks, magistrates and personnel in each district, establishing guidelines and policies for court system personnel and fixing salary classification schedules for district court personnel and magistrates. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)","Membership of the Committee includes the Chairmen of the Committees for Courts of Justice in the Senate and House of Delegates, two members of each of the Courts of Justice Committees appointed by the respective Chairmen, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia, one circuit court judge, two general district court judges and two juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. These judicial members are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCommittee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974), Accession #00030235, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974), Accession #00030235, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePrimarily records, 1973-1974, documenting the organization of a unified court system in Virginia; contains correspondence of Executive Secretary Hubert Bennett, Assistant Executive Secretary Fred Hodnett, and Attorney General Andrew Miller pertaining to the proposed legislative changes. Also includes two folders of correspondence and draft legislation pertaining to creation of an intermediate appellate court, 1982-1984; Committee on District Court minutes, April 15, 1974 and September 30, 2010, meeting agenda and materials April 15, 2011; and Futures Commission recommendations, April 1990.\u003c/p\u003e  \n      ","\u003cp\u003eRecords, 1973-1974, contain recommendations, reports, draft legislation, directories of courts, maps of judicial circuits and districts, a personnel manual, a newspaper clipping, 1973, circa, about the reorganization of the courts; and a report on magistrate needs in Virginia localities and recommendations for implementation of a juvenile probation system.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Primarily records, 1973-1974, documenting the organization of a unified court system in Virginia; contains correspondence of Executive Secretary Hubert Bennett, Assistant Executive Secretary Fred Hodnett, and Attorney General Andrew Miller pertaining to the proposed legislative changes. Also includes two folders of correspondence and draft legislation pertaining to creation of an intermediate appellate court, 1982-1984; Committee on District Court minutes, April 15, 1974 and September 30, 2010, meeting agenda and materials April 15, 2011; and Futures Commission recommendations, April 1990.","Records, 1973-1974, contain recommendations, reports, draft legislation, directories of courts, maps of judicial circuits and districts, a personnel manual, a newspaper clipping, 1973, circa, about the reorganization of the courts; and a report on magistrate needs in Virginia localities and recommendations for implementation of a juvenile probation system."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBecause the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"corpname_ssim":["Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","Virginia. Office of the Attorney General.","Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Executive Secretary."],"persname_ssim":["Bennett, Hubert D.","Hodnett, Frederick A.","Miller, Andrew P., 1932-."],"names_ssim":["Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","Virginia. Office of the Attorney General.","Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Executive Secretary.","Bennett, Hubert D.","Hodnett, Frederick A.","Miller, Andrew P., 1932-."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:36:33.766Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vil_vil00017","ead_ssi":"vil_vil00017","_root_":"vil_vil00017","_nest_parent_":"vil_vil00017","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsll-scv/vil00017.xml","title_ssm":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)"],"title_tesim":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)"],"text":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)","00030235","District courts -- Virginia -- History.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Maps.","0.50 cu. ft. (2 boxes)","There are no access restrictions.","In 1972, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation establishing general district and juvenile and domestic relations district courts.  Beginning July 1, 1973, every county and city was required to have one general district court and one juvenile and domestic relations district court, with one or more general district court judges and one or more juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.7) Town courts with general civil and criminal jurisdiction were abolished and their jurisdiction was conferred to the county district courts wherein the town was located. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.8)","The Committee on District Courts was created by act of Assembly in 1972 to assist the Chief Justice in the administrative supervision of Virginia's unified court system. Among the statutorily mandated responsibilities of the CDC are recommending new judgeships and certifying the need to fill district court vacancies, authorizing the number of clerks, magistrates and personnel in each district, establishing guidelines and policies for court system personnel and fixing salary classification schedules for district court personnel and magistrates. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)","Membership of the Committee includes the Chairmen of the Committees for Courts of Justice in the Senate and House of Delegates, two members of each of the Courts of Justice Committees appointed by the respective Chairmen, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia, one circuit court judge, two general district court judges and two juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. These judicial members are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)","Primarily records, 1973-1974, documenting the organization of a unified court system in Virginia; contains correspondence of Executive Secretary Hubert Bennett, Assistant Executive Secretary Fred Hodnett, and Attorney General Andrew Miller pertaining to the proposed legislative changes. Also includes two folders of correspondence and draft legislation pertaining to creation of an intermediate appellate court, 1982-1984; Committee on District Court minutes, April 15, 1974 and September 30, 2010, meeting agenda and materials April 15, 2011; and Futures Commission recommendations, April 1990.","Records, 1973-1974, contain recommendations, reports, draft legislation, directories of courts, maps of judicial circuits and districts, a personnel manual, a newspaper clipping, 1973, circa, about the reorganization of the courts; and a report on magistrate needs in Virginia localities and recommendations for implementation of a juvenile probation system.","Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.","Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","Virginia. Office of the Attorney General.","Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Executive Secretary.","Bennett, Hubert D.","Hodnett, Frederick A.","Miller, Andrew P., 1932-.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)"],"collection_ssim":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["00030235"],"unitid_tesim":["00030235"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia. Committee on District Courts."],"creator_ssim":["Virginia. Committee on District Courts."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bennett, Hubert D.","Hodnett, Frederick A.","Miller, Andrew P., 1932-."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","Virginia. Office of the Attorney General.","Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Executive Secretary."],"creators_ssim":["Bennett, Hubert D.","Hodnett, Frederick A.","Miller, Andrew P., 1932-.","Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","Virginia. Office of the Attorney General.","Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Executive Secretary."],"access_terms_ssm":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"acqinfo_ssim":["These records were transferred to the State Law Library from the Office of the Executive Secretary in 2006."],"access_subjects_ssim":["District courts -- Virginia -- History.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Maps."],"access_subjects_ssm":["District courts -- Virginia -- History.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Maps."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["0.50 cu. ft. (2 boxes)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation establishing general district and juvenile and domestic relations district courts.  Beginning July 1, 1973, every county and city was required to have one general district court and one juvenile and domestic relations district court, with one or more general district court judges and one or more juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.7) Town courts with general civil and criminal jurisdiction were abolished and their jurisdiction was conferred to the county district courts wherein the town was located. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.8)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Committee on District Courts was created by act of Assembly in 1972 to assist the Chief Justice in the administrative supervision of Virginia's unified court system. Among the statutorily mandated responsibilities of the CDC are recommending new judgeships and certifying the need to fill district court vacancies, authorizing the number of clerks, magistrates and personnel in each district, establishing guidelines and policies for court system personnel and fixing salary classification schedules for district court personnel and magistrates. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMembership of the Committee includes the Chairmen of the Committees for Courts of Justice in the Senate and House of Delegates, two members of each of the Courts of Justice Committees appointed by the respective Chairmen, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia, one circuit court judge, two general district court judges and two juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. These judicial members are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["In 1972, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation establishing general district and juvenile and domestic relations district courts.  Beginning July 1, 1973, every county and city was required to have one general district court and one juvenile and domestic relations district court, with one or more general district court judges and one or more juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.7) Town courts with general civil and criminal jurisdiction were abolished and their jurisdiction was conferred to the county district courts wherein the town was located. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.8)","The Committee on District Courts was created by act of Assembly in 1972 to assist the Chief Justice in the administrative supervision of Virginia's unified court system. Among the statutorily mandated responsibilities of the CDC are recommending new judgeships and certifying the need to fill district court vacancies, authorizing the number of clerks, magistrates and personnel in each district, establishing guidelines and policies for court system personnel and fixing salary classification schedules for district court personnel and magistrates. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)","Membership of the Committee includes the Chairmen of the Committees for Courts of Justice in the Senate and House of Delegates, two members of each of the Courts of Justice Committees appointed by the respective Chairmen, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia, one circuit court judge, two general district court judges and two juvenile and domestic relations district court judges. These judicial members are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. (Virginia Code 16.1-69.33)"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCommittee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974), Accession #00030235, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974), Accession #00030235, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePrimarily records, 1973-1974, documenting the organization of a unified court system in Virginia; contains correspondence of Executive Secretary Hubert Bennett, Assistant Executive Secretary Fred Hodnett, and Attorney General Andrew Miller pertaining to the proposed legislative changes. Also includes two folders of correspondence and draft legislation pertaining to creation of an intermediate appellate court, 1982-1984; Committee on District Court minutes, April 15, 1974 and September 30, 2010, meeting agenda and materials April 15, 2011; and Futures Commission recommendations, April 1990.\u003c/p\u003e  \n      ","\u003cp\u003eRecords, 1973-1974, contain recommendations, reports, draft legislation, directories of courts, maps of judicial circuits and districts, a personnel manual, a newspaper clipping, 1973, circa, about the reorganization of the courts; and a report on magistrate needs in Virginia localities and recommendations for implementation of a juvenile probation system.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Primarily records, 1973-1974, documenting the organization of a unified court system in Virginia; contains correspondence of Executive Secretary Hubert Bennett, Assistant Executive Secretary Fred Hodnett, and Attorney General Andrew Miller pertaining to the proposed legislative changes. Also includes two folders of correspondence and draft legislation pertaining to creation of an intermediate appellate court, 1982-1984; Committee on District Court minutes, April 15, 1974 and September 30, 2010, meeting agenda and materials April 15, 2011; and Futures Commission recommendations, April 1990.","Records, 1973-1974, contain recommendations, reports, draft legislation, directories of courts, maps of judicial circuits and districts, a personnel manual, a newspaper clipping, 1973, circa, about the reorganization of the courts; and a report on magistrate needs in Virginia localities and recommendations for implementation of a juvenile probation system."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBecause the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"corpname_ssim":["Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","Virginia. Office of the Attorney General.","Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Executive Secretary."],"persname_ssim":["Bennett, Hubert D.","Hodnett, Frederick A.","Miller, Andrew P., 1932-."],"names_ssim":["Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","Virginia. Office of the Attorney General.","Virginia. Supreme Court. Office of the Executive Secretary.","Bennett, Hubert D.","Hodnett, Frederick A.","Miller, Andrew P., 1932-."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:36:33.766Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00017"}},{"id":"vil_vil00019","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00019#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00019#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Stephenson papers are comprised mostly of Justice Stephenson's case files and opinions, correspondence, and other papers documenting his tenure as a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1981-2010. The papers also include correspondence and opinions, 1973-1978, documenting his work as a judge on the 25th judicial circuit in Alleghany County, as well as personal papers, 1954-2011, circa. The collection also contains personal and professional papers of Justice Stephenson's father, Roscoe Stephenson, Sr., 1904-1929; and the military discharge record of his grandfather, Oscar Adam Stephenson, 1865.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00019#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vil_vil00019","ead_ssi":"vil_vil00019","_root_":"vil_vil00019","_nest_parent_":"vil_vil00019","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsll-scv/vil00019.xml","title_ssm":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)"],"title_tesim":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)"],"text":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)","000028356","DNA fingerprinting -- Virginia.","Judges -- Virginia.","Judicial opinions -- Virginia.","Physicians' malpractice insurance -- Virginia -- Cost control.","Tuberculosis -- hospitals -- Virginia.","Virginia -- politics and government -- 20th century.","Alleghany County (Va.) -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.","Audiocassettes -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Personal correspondence -- Virginia.","Photographs -- Virginia.","Judicial records -- Virginia.","Lawyers -- Virginia -- Covington.","Legal correspondence -- Virginia.","Souvenirs -- Virginia.","Video recordings -- Virginia -- Lexington.","Voters' lists -- Virginia -- Alleghany County.","43.2 cu. ft. (96 boxes)","to confidential correspondence and judicial conference notes restricted until June 1, 2031.","George A. Revercomb, Jr., \"In Memoriam, Roscoe B. Stephenson, 1884-1965,\"  Virginia State Bar Association Reports, 1966 (v. LXXVII) (Richmond, Va.: Lewis Printing Company, Printers, 1967),192-193.","Roscoe B. Stephenson, Jr., was appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981 and reappointed in 1993.  He retired in 1997 and served as senior justice until December 2010.  Stephenson died on May 30, 2011, in Covington, Virginia.","Stephenson was born in Covington, Va., on February 22, 1922. He was awarded a B.A. degree from Washington and Lee University in 1943 and a J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1947. Stephenson then returned to Covington and practiced law there in partnership with his father, Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. From 1952 to 1964, he was Commonwealth's Attorney for Alleghany County.  He returned to private practice in Covington in 1964 and continued until 1973, when he became circuit court judge for the 25th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, a position he held until he became a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981.","As a Supreme Court of Virginia justice, Stephenson wrote decisions upholding the cap on awards on medical malpractice cases and affirming the use of DNA evidence in the case of Timothy W. Spencer in 1989. The Spencer case was the first case in which an individual was sentenced to death based largely on DNA evidence.","Roscoe B. Stehenson, Sr. (1884-1965) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County).  After earning a law degree from Washington \u0026 Lee University in 1909, he moved to Covington, in part because he had an uncle, George A. Revercomb, Sr., who had a law practice there, and began practicing law. Stephenson served as mayor of Covington and Alleghany county Commonwealth's Attorney. He was a Deacon and an Elder at First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.)  He was an active member of the Virginia State Bar Association and his clients included civil and criminal cases.","Oscar Adam Stephenson (1845-1917) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County). He served in McCausland's Brigade (Brigadier General John McCausland, Jr.) in the Civil War, and was discharged from the Army of the Shenandoah in May 1865.","The Stephenson papers are comprised mostly of Justice Stephenson's case files and opinions, correspondence, and other papers documenting his tenure as a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1981-2010.  The papers also include correspondence and opinions, 1973-1978, documenting his work as a judge on the 25th judicial circuit in Alleghany County, as well as  personal papers, 1954-2011, circa. The collection also contains personal and professional papers of Justice Stephenson's father, Roscoe Stephenson, Sr., 1904-1929; and the military discharge record of his grandfather, Oscar Adam Stephenson, 1865.","Justice Stephenson's Supreme Court of Virginia case files, 1981-2010, are notes, research, opinions, and drafts of opinions he wrote while serving on the court.  These papers also contain judicial correspondence, speeches, meeting and program materials, and mementos documenting his service on the court.","Justice Stephenson's personal papers, 1954-2011, contain personal correspondence, 1954-2011; letters pertaining to fundraising for Washington and Lee University, and records of his service to the Museum of Frontier American Culture and the John Marshall Foundation.  The papers also include letters with extended family, letters about personal interests, such as golf and the 50th reunion of the Covington High School class of 1943.  The papers include a few photographs, including a photograph of Roscoe Stephenson, Sr. speaking at the Catawba Sanatorium in 1917 and photographs of the Covington High School Class of 1943 fiftieth reunion.","The Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers, 1904-1929, are comprised mostly of letters documenting his law practice in Covington, Va., much of it involving the collection of debts from local businesses.  The papers also contain letters pertaining to Stephenson's interest in state politics and his relationships with political figures in Virginia.  They include letters to elected officials advocating for candidates, particularly the candidacy of his uncle, George A. Revercomb.  A few letters contain comments on political issues, such as a letter to Delegate Hugh High about legislation White proposed to regulate pollution in the James river, 1914. \nCorrespondents include John Garland Pollard, candidate for Attorney General and member of the Virginia Progressive Democratic League, 1913-1914; Delegate John W. Stephenson (Roscoe Stephenson Sr.'s uncle), 1914-1918, 1924; St. George Tucker, Lexington, 1914; Congressman H.D. Flood, 1916; Aubrey E. Strode, 1914; Justice Louis Spencer Epes, 1917-1918; Governor Westmoreland Davis, 1918; Senator W.A. Rinehart, and Abram P. Staples, 1924.  Letters also document Stephenson's campaign for Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney, 1915 (including annotated Alleghany county voter lists, 1904, circa).","The Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers also contain correspondence with Stephenson family members in Bath and Highland counties and West Virginia; letters pertaining to investments in mining and timber operations; letters with Washington and Lee classmates and fraternity brothers; and letters pertaining to the time he spent in Catawba sanatorium in Roanoke County and his efforts to lobby for increased funding for tuberculosis patients. The papers also include a few items pertaining to Stephenson's work with the Alleghany County draft board during World War I and requests for pardons for convicted individuals when he was Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney.","Papers documenting Roscoe B. Stephenson Sr.'s work as a deacon and elder at the First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.), 1920-1935, circa, were transferred to the First Presbyterian Church in 2011.","Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.","Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","Museum of American Frontier Culture Foundation Board of Directors (Staunton, Va.)","Virginia 25th Judicial Circuit.","Virginia. Supreme Court.","Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (Lexington, Va.).","Stephenson, Oscar Adam, 1845-1917.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1884-1965.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)"],"collection_ssim":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["000028356"],"unitid_tesim":["000028356"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011"],"creator_ssim":["Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Stephenson, Oscar Adam, 1845-1917.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1884-1965.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","Museum of American Frontier Culture Foundation Board of Directors (Staunton, Va.)","Virginia 25th Judicial Circuit.","Virginia. Supreme Court.","Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (Lexington, Va.)."],"creators_ssim":["Stephenson, Oscar Adam, 1845-1917.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1884-1965.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011.","Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","Museum of American Frontier Culture Foundation Board of Directors (Staunton, Va.)","Virginia 25th Judicial Circuit.","Virginia. Supreme Court.","Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (Lexington, Va.)."],"access_terms_ssm":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"acqinfo_ssim":["These papers were transferred to the Supreme Court of Virginia Archives from Justice Stephenson's chambers in Covington, Virginia, in April 2011."],"access_subjects_ssim":["DNA fingerprinting -- Virginia.","Judges -- Virginia.","Judicial opinions -- Virginia.","Physicians' malpractice insurance -- Virginia -- Cost control.","Tuberculosis -- hospitals -- Virginia.","Virginia -- politics and government -- 20th century.","Alleghany County (Va.) -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.","Audiocassettes -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Personal correspondence -- Virginia.","Photographs -- Virginia.","Judicial records -- Virginia.","Lawyers -- Virginia -- Covington.","Legal correspondence -- Virginia.","Souvenirs -- Virginia.","Video recordings -- Virginia -- Lexington.","Voters' lists -- Virginia -- Alleghany County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["DNA fingerprinting -- Virginia.","Judges -- Virginia.","Judicial opinions -- Virginia.","Physicians' malpractice insurance -- Virginia -- Cost control.","Tuberculosis -- hospitals -- Virginia.","Virginia -- politics and government -- 20th century.","Alleghany County (Va.) -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.","Audiocassettes -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Personal correspondence -- Virginia.","Photographs -- Virginia.","Judicial records -- Virginia.","Lawyers -- Virginia -- Covington.","Legal correspondence -- Virginia.","Souvenirs -- Virginia.","Video recordings -- Virginia -- Lexington.","Voters' lists -- Virginia -- Alleghany County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["43.2 cu. ft. (96 boxes)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eto confidential correspondence and judicial conference notes restricted until June 1, 2031.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["to confidential correspondence and judicial conference notes restricted until June 1, 2031."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGeorge A. Revercomb, Jr., \"In Memoriam, Roscoe B. Stephenson, 1884-1965,\"  Virginia State Bar Association Reports, 1966 (v. LXXVII) (Richmond, Va.: Lewis Printing Company, Printers, 1967),192-193.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n      "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["George A. Revercomb, Jr., \"In Memoriam, Roscoe B. Stephenson, 1884-1965,\"  Virginia State Bar Association Reports, 1966 (v. LXXVII) (Richmond, Va.: Lewis Printing Company, Printers, 1967),192-193."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRoscoe B. Stephenson, Jr., was appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981 and reappointed in 1993.  He retired in 1997 and served as senior justice until December 2010.  Stephenson died on May 30, 2011, in Covington, Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eStephenson was born in Covington, Va., on February 22, 1922. He was awarded a B.A. degree from Washington and Lee University in 1943 and a J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1947. Stephenson then returned to Covington and practiced law there in partnership with his father, Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. From 1952 to 1964, he was Commonwealth's Attorney for Alleghany County.  He returned to private practice in Covington in 1964 and continued until 1973, when he became circuit court judge for the 25th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, a position he held until he became a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs a Supreme Court of Virginia justice, Stephenson wrote decisions upholding the cap on awards on medical malpractice cases and affirming the use of DNA evidence in the case of Timothy W. Spencer in 1989. The Spencer case was the first case in which an individual was sentenced to death based largely on DNA evidence. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eRoscoe B. Stehenson, Sr. (1884-1965) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County).  After earning a law degree from Washington \u0026amp; Lee University in 1909, he moved to Covington, in part because he had an uncle, George A. Revercomb, Sr., who had a law practice there, and began practicing law. Stephenson served as mayor of Covington and Alleghany county Commonwealth's Attorney. He was a Deacon and an Elder at First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.)  He was an active member of the Virginia State Bar Association and his clients included civil and criminal cases.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOscar Adam Stephenson (1845-1917) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County). He served in McCausland's Brigade (Brigadier General John McCausland, Jr.) in the Civil War, and was discharged from the Army of the Shenandoah in May 1865.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Roscoe B. Stephenson, Jr., was appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981 and reappointed in 1993.  He retired in 1997 and served as senior justice until December 2010.  Stephenson died on May 30, 2011, in Covington, Virginia.","Stephenson was born in Covington, Va., on February 22, 1922. He was awarded a B.A. degree from Washington and Lee University in 1943 and a J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1947. Stephenson then returned to Covington and practiced law there in partnership with his father, Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. From 1952 to 1964, he was Commonwealth's Attorney for Alleghany County.  He returned to private practice in Covington in 1964 and continued until 1973, when he became circuit court judge for the 25th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, a position he held until he became a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981.","As a Supreme Court of Virginia justice, Stephenson wrote decisions upholding the cap on awards on medical malpractice cases and affirming the use of DNA evidence in the case of Timothy W. Spencer in 1989. The Spencer case was the first case in which an individual was sentenced to death based largely on DNA evidence.","Roscoe B. Stehenson, Sr. (1884-1965) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County).  After earning a law degree from Washington \u0026 Lee University in 1909, he moved to Covington, in part because he had an uncle, George A. Revercomb, Sr., who had a law practice there, and began practicing law. Stephenson served as mayor of Covington and Alleghany county Commonwealth's Attorney. He was a Deacon and an Elder at First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.)  He was an active member of the Virginia State Bar Association and his clients included civil and criminal cases.","Oscar Adam Stephenson (1845-1917) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County). He served in McCausland's Brigade (Brigadier General John McCausland, Jr.) in the Civil War, and was discharged from the Army of the Shenandoah in May 1865."],"otherfindaid_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA box and folder list is available at the repository.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"otherfindaid_heading_ssm":["Other Finding Aid"],"otherfindaid_tesim":["A box and folder list is available at the repository."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJustice Roscoe Stephenson Papers, 1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010), Accession #00028356, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers, 1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010), Accession #00028356, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Stephenson papers are comprised mostly of Justice Stephenson's case files and opinions, correspondence, and other papers documenting his tenure as a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1981-2010.  The papers also include correspondence and opinions, 1973-1978, documenting his work as a judge on the 25th judicial circuit in Alleghany County, as well as  personal papers, 1954-2011, circa. The collection also contains personal and professional papers of Justice Stephenson's father, Roscoe Stephenson, Sr., 1904-1929; and the military discharge record of his grandfather, Oscar Adam Stephenson, 1865.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJustice Stephenson's Supreme Court of Virginia case files, 1981-2010, are notes, research, opinions, and drafts of opinions he wrote while serving on the court.  These papers also contain judicial correspondence, speeches, meeting and program materials, and mementos documenting his service on the court.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJustice Stephenson's personal papers, 1954-2011, contain personal correspondence, 1954-2011; letters pertaining to fundraising for Washington and Lee University, and records of his service to the Museum of Frontier American Culture and the John Marshall Foundation.  The papers also include letters with extended family, letters about personal interests, such as golf and the 50th reunion of the Covington High School class of 1943.  The papers include a few photographs, including a photograph of Roscoe Stephenson, Sr. speaking at the Catawba Sanatorium in 1917 and photographs of the Covington High School Class of 1943 fiftieth reunion.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers, 1904-1929, are comprised mostly of letters documenting his law practice in Covington, Va., much of it involving the collection of debts from local businesses.  The papers also contain letters pertaining to Stephenson's interest in state politics and his relationships with political figures in Virginia.  They include letters to elected officials advocating for candidates, particularly the candidacy of his uncle, George A. Revercomb.  A few letters contain comments on political issues, such as a letter to Delegate Hugh High about legislation White proposed to regulate pollution in the James river, 1914. \nCorrespondents include John Garland Pollard, candidate for Attorney General and member of the Virginia Progressive Democratic League, 1913-1914; Delegate John W. Stephenson (Roscoe Stephenson Sr.'s uncle), 1914-1918, 1924; St. George Tucker, Lexington, 1914; Congressman H.D. Flood, 1916; Aubrey E. Strode, 1914; Justice Louis Spencer Epes, 1917-1918; Governor Westmoreland Davis, 1918; Senator W.A. Rinehart, and Abram P. Staples, 1924.  Letters also document Stephenson's campaign for Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney, 1915 (including annotated Alleghany county voter lists, 1904, circa).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers also contain correspondence with Stephenson family members in Bath and Highland counties and West Virginia; letters pertaining to investments in mining and timber operations; letters with Washington and Lee classmates and fraternity brothers; and letters pertaining to the time he spent in Catawba sanatorium in Roanoke County and his efforts to lobby for increased funding for tuberculosis patients. The papers also include a few items pertaining to Stephenson's work with the Alleghany County draft board during World War I and requests for pardons for convicted individuals when he was Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Stephenson papers are comprised mostly of Justice Stephenson's case files and opinions, correspondence, and other papers documenting his tenure as a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1981-2010.  The papers also include correspondence and opinions, 1973-1978, documenting his work as a judge on the 25th judicial circuit in Alleghany County, as well as  personal papers, 1954-2011, circa. The collection also contains personal and professional papers of Justice Stephenson's father, Roscoe Stephenson, Sr., 1904-1929; and the military discharge record of his grandfather, Oscar Adam Stephenson, 1865.","Justice Stephenson's Supreme Court of Virginia case files, 1981-2010, are notes, research, opinions, and drafts of opinions he wrote while serving on the court.  These papers also contain judicial correspondence, speeches, meeting and program materials, and mementos documenting his service on the court.","Justice Stephenson's personal papers, 1954-2011, contain personal correspondence, 1954-2011; letters pertaining to fundraising for Washington and Lee University, and records of his service to the Museum of Frontier American Culture and the John Marshall Foundation.  The papers also include letters with extended family, letters about personal interests, such as golf and the 50th reunion of the Covington High School class of 1943.  The papers include a few photographs, including a photograph of Roscoe Stephenson, Sr. speaking at the Catawba Sanatorium in 1917 and photographs of the Covington High School Class of 1943 fiftieth reunion.","The Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers, 1904-1929, are comprised mostly of letters documenting his law practice in Covington, Va., much of it involving the collection of debts from local businesses.  The papers also contain letters pertaining to Stephenson's interest in state politics and his relationships with political figures in Virginia.  They include letters to elected officials advocating for candidates, particularly the candidacy of his uncle, George A. Revercomb.  A few letters contain comments on political issues, such as a letter to Delegate Hugh High about legislation White proposed to regulate pollution in the James river, 1914. \nCorrespondents include John Garland Pollard, candidate for Attorney General and member of the Virginia Progressive Democratic League, 1913-1914; Delegate John W. Stephenson (Roscoe Stephenson Sr.'s uncle), 1914-1918, 1924; St. George Tucker, Lexington, 1914; Congressman H.D. Flood, 1916; Aubrey E. Strode, 1914; Justice Louis Spencer Epes, 1917-1918; Governor Westmoreland Davis, 1918; Senator W.A. Rinehart, and Abram P. Staples, 1924.  Letters also document Stephenson's campaign for Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney, 1915 (including annotated Alleghany county voter lists, 1904, circa).","The Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers also contain correspondence with Stephenson family members in Bath and Highland counties and West Virginia; letters pertaining to investments in mining and timber operations; letters with Washington and Lee classmates and fraternity brothers; and letters pertaining to the time he spent in Catawba sanatorium in Roanoke County and his efforts to lobby for increased funding for tuberculosis patients. The papers also include a few items pertaining to Stephenson's work with the Alleghany County draft board during World War I and requests for pardons for convicted individuals when he was Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers documenting Roscoe B. Stephenson Sr.'s work as a deacon and elder at the First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.), 1920-1935, circa, were transferred to the First Presbyterian Church in 2011.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Papers documenting Roscoe B. Stephenson Sr.'s work as a deacon and elder at the First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.), 1920-1935, circa, were transferred to the First Presbyterian Church in 2011."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBecause the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"corpname_ssim":["Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","Museum of American Frontier Culture Foundation Board of Directors (Staunton, Va.)","Virginia 25th Judicial Circuit.","Virginia. Supreme Court.","Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (Lexington, Va.)."],"persname_ssim":["Stephenson, Oscar Adam, 1845-1917.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1884-1965.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011."],"names_ssim":["Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","Museum of American Frontier Culture Foundation Board of Directors (Staunton, Va.)","Virginia 25th Judicial Circuit.","Virginia. Supreme Court.","Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (Lexington, Va.).","Stephenson, Oscar Adam, 1845-1917.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1884-1965.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:36:33.766Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vil_vil00019","ead_ssi":"vil_vil00019","_root_":"vil_vil00019","_nest_parent_":"vil_vil00019","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsll-scv/vil00019.xml","title_ssm":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)"],"title_tesim":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)"],"text":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)","000028356","DNA fingerprinting -- Virginia.","Judges -- Virginia.","Judicial opinions -- Virginia.","Physicians' malpractice insurance -- Virginia -- Cost control.","Tuberculosis -- hospitals -- Virginia.","Virginia -- politics and government -- 20th century.","Alleghany County (Va.) -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.","Audiocassettes -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Personal correspondence -- Virginia.","Photographs -- Virginia.","Judicial records -- Virginia.","Lawyers -- Virginia -- Covington.","Legal correspondence -- Virginia.","Souvenirs -- Virginia.","Video recordings -- Virginia -- Lexington.","Voters' lists -- Virginia -- Alleghany County.","43.2 cu. ft. (96 boxes)","to confidential correspondence and judicial conference notes restricted until June 1, 2031.","George A. Revercomb, Jr., \"In Memoriam, Roscoe B. Stephenson, 1884-1965,\"  Virginia State Bar Association Reports, 1966 (v. LXXVII) (Richmond, Va.: Lewis Printing Company, Printers, 1967),192-193.","Roscoe B. Stephenson, Jr., was appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981 and reappointed in 1993.  He retired in 1997 and served as senior justice until December 2010.  Stephenson died on May 30, 2011, in Covington, Virginia.","Stephenson was born in Covington, Va., on February 22, 1922. He was awarded a B.A. degree from Washington and Lee University in 1943 and a J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1947. Stephenson then returned to Covington and practiced law there in partnership with his father, Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. From 1952 to 1964, he was Commonwealth's Attorney for Alleghany County.  He returned to private practice in Covington in 1964 and continued until 1973, when he became circuit court judge for the 25th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, a position he held until he became a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981.","As a Supreme Court of Virginia justice, Stephenson wrote decisions upholding the cap on awards on medical malpractice cases and affirming the use of DNA evidence in the case of Timothy W. Spencer in 1989. The Spencer case was the first case in which an individual was sentenced to death based largely on DNA evidence.","Roscoe B. Stehenson, Sr. (1884-1965) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County).  After earning a law degree from Washington \u0026 Lee University in 1909, he moved to Covington, in part because he had an uncle, George A. Revercomb, Sr., who had a law practice there, and began practicing law. Stephenson served as mayor of Covington and Alleghany county Commonwealth's Attorney. He was a Deacon and an Elder at First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.)  He was an active member of the Virginia State Bar Association and his clients included civil and criminal cases.","Oscar Adam Stephenson (1845-1917) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County). He served in McCausland's Brigade (Brigadier General John McCausland, Jr.) in the Civil War, and was discharged from the Army of the Shenandoah in May 1865.","The Stephenson papers are comprised mostly of Justice Stephenson's case files and opinions, correspondence, and other papers documenting his tenure as a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1981-2010.  The papers also include correspondence and opinions, 1973-1978, documenting his work as a judge on the 25th judicial circuit in Alleghany County, as well as  personal papers, 1954-2011, circa. The collection also contains personal and professional papers of Justice Stephenson's father, Roscoe Stephenson, Sr., 1904-1929; and the military discharge record of his grandfather, Oscar Adam Stephenson, 1865.","Justice Stephenson's Supreme Court of Virginia case files, 1981-2010, are notes, research, opinions, and drafts of opinions he wrote while serving on the court.  These papers also contain judicial correspondence, speeches, meeting and program materials, and mementos documenting his service on the court.","Justice Stephenson's personal papers, 1954-2011, contain personal correspondence, 1954-2011; letters pertaining to fundraising for Washington and Lee University, and records of his service to the Museum of Frontier American Culture and the John Marshall Foundation.  The papers also include letters with extended family, letters about personal interests, such as golf and the 50th reunion of the Covington High School class of 1943.  The papers include a few photographs, including a photograph of Roscoe Stephenson, Sr. speaking at the Catawba Sanatorium in 1917 and photographs of the Covington High School Class of 1943 fiftieth reunion.","The Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers, 1904-1929, are comprised mostly of letters documenting his law practice in Covington, Va., much of it involving the collection of debts from local businesses.  The papers also contain letters pertaining to Stephenson's interest in state politics and his relationships with political figures in Virginia.  They include letters to elected officials advocating for candidates, particularly the candidacy of his uncle, George A. Revercomb.  A few letters contain comments on political issues, such as a letter to Delegate Hugh High about legislation White proposed to regulate pollution in the James river, 1914. \nCorrespondents include John Garland Pollard, candidate for Attorney General and member of the Virginia Progressive Democratic League, 1913-1914; Delegate John W. Stephenson (Roscoe Stephenson Sr.'s uncle), 1914-1918, 1924; St. George Tucker, Lexington, 1914; Congressman H.D. Flood, 1916; Aubrey E. Strode, 1914; Justice Louis Spencer Epes, 1917-1918; Governor Westmoreland Davis, 1918; Senator W.A. Rinehart, and Abram P. Staples, 1924.  Letters also document Stephenson's campaign for Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney, 1915 (including annotated Alleghany county voter lists, 1904, circa).","The Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers also contain correspondence with Stephenson family members in Bath and Highland counties and West Virginia; letters pertaining to investments in mining and timber operations; letters with Washington and Lee classmates and fraternity brothers; and letters pertaining to the time he spent in Catawba sanatorium in Roanoke County and his efforts to lobby for increased funding for tuberculosis patients. The papers also include a few items pertaining to Stephenson's work with the Alleghany County draft board during World War I and requests for pardons for convicted individuals when he was Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney.","Papers documenting Roscoe B. Stephenson Sr.'s work as a deacon and elder at the First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.), 1920-1935, circa, were transferred to the First Presbyterian Church in 2011.","Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.","Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","Museum of American Frontier Culture Foundation Board of Directors (Staunton, Va.)","Virginia 25th Judicial Circuit.","Virginia. Supreme Court.","Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (Lexington, Va.).","Stephenson, Oscar Adam, 1845-1917.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1884-1965.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)"],"collection_ssim":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["000028356"],"unitid_tesim":["000028356"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011"],"creator_ssim":["Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Stephenson, Oscar Adam, 1845-1917.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1884-1965.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","Museum of American Frontier Culture Foundation Board of Directors (Staunton, Va.)","Virginia 25th Judicial Circuit.","Virginia. Supreme Court.","Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (Lexington, Va.)."],"creators_ssim":["Stephenson, Oscar Adam, 1845-1917.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1884-1965.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011.","Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","Museum of American Frontier Culture Foundation Board of Directors (Staunton, Va.)","Virginia 25th Judicial Circuit.","Virginia. Supreme Court.","Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (Lexington, Va.)."],"access_terms_ssm":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"acqinfo_ssim":["These papers were transferred to the Supreme Court of Virginia Archives from Justice Stephenson's chambers in Covington, Virginia, in April 2011."],"access_subjects_ssim":["DNA fingerprinting -- Virginia.","Judges -- Virginia.","Judicial opinions -- Virginia.","Physicians' malpractice insurance -- Virginia -- Cost control.","Tuberculosis -- hospitals -- Virginia.","Virginia -- politics and government -- 20th century.","Alleghany County (Va.) -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.","Audiocassettes -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Personal correspondence -- Virginia.","Photographs -- Virginia.","Judicial records -- Virginia.","Lawyers -- Virginia -- Covington.","Legal correspondence -- Virginia.","Souvenirs -- Virginia.","Video recordings -- Virginia -- Lexington.","Voters' lists -- Virginia -- Alleghany County."],"access_subjects_ssm":["DNA fingerprinting -- Virginia.","Judges -- Virginia.","Judicial opinions -- Virginia.","Physicians' malpractice insurance -- Virginia -- Cost control.","Tuberculosis -- hospitals -- Virginia.","Virginia -- politics and government -- 20th century.","Alleghany County (Va.) -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.","Audiocassettes -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Personal correspondence -- Virginia.","Photographs -- Virginia.","Judicial records -- Virginia.","Lawyers -- Virginia -- Covington.","Legal correspondence -- Virginia.","Souvenirs -- Virginia.","Video recordings -- Virginia -- Lexington.","Voters' lists -- Virginia -- Alleghany County."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["43.2 cu. ft. (96 boxes)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eto confidential correspondence and judicial conference notes restricted until June 1, 2031.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["to confidential correspondence and judicial conference notes restricted until June 1, 2031."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGeorge A. Revercomb, Jr., \"In Memoriam, Roscoe B. Stephenson, 1884-1965,\"  Virginia State Bar Association Reports, 1966 (v. LXXVII) (Richmond, Va.: Lewis Printing Company, Printers, 1967),192-193.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n      "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["George A. Revercomb, Jr., \"In Memoriam, Roscoe B. Stephenson, 1884-1965,\"  Virginia State Bar Association Reports, 1966 (v. LXXVII) (Richmond, Va.: Lewis Printing Company, Printers, 1967),192-193."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRoscoe B. Stephenson, Jr., was appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981 and reappointed in 1993.  He retired in 1997 and served as senior justice until December 2010.  Stephenson died on May 30, 2011, in Covington, Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eStephenson was born in Covington, Va., on February 22, 1922. He was awarded a B.A. degree from Washington and Lee University in 1943 and a J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1947. Stephenson then returned to Covington and practiced law there in partnership with his father, Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. From 1952 to 1964, he was Commonwealth's Attorney for Alleghany County.  He returned to private practice in Covington in 1964 and continued until 1973, when he became circuit court judge for the 25th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, a position he held until he became a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs a Supreme Court of Virginia justice, Stephenson wrote decisions upholding the cap on awards on medical malpractice cases and affirming the use of DNA evidence in the case of Timothy W. Spencer in 1989. The Spencer case was the first case in which an individual was sentenced to death based largely on DNA evidence. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eRoscoe B. Stehenson, Sr. (1884-1965) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County).  After earning a law degree from Washington \u0026amp; Lee University in 1909, he moved to Covington, in part because he had an uncle, George A. Revercomb, Sr., who had a law practice there, and began practicing law. Stephenson served as mayor of Covington and Alleghany county Commonwealth's Attorney. He was a Deacon and an Elder at First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.)  He was an active member of the Virginia State Bar Association and his clients included civil and criminal cases.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOscar Adam Stephenson (1845-1917) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County). He served in McCausland's Brigade (Brigadier General John McCausland, Jr.) in the Civil War, and was discharged from the Army of the Shenandoah in May 1865.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Roscoe B. Stephenson, Jr., was appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981 and reappointed in 1993.  He retired in 1997 and served as senior justice until December 2010.  Stephenson died on May 30, 2011, in Covington, Virginia.","Stephenson was born in Covington, Va., on February 22, 1922. He was awarded a B.A. degree from Washington and Lee University in 1943 and a J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1947. Stephenson then returned to Covington and practiced law there in partnership with his father, Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. From 1952 to 1964, he was Commonwealth's Attorney for Alleghany County.  He returned to private practice in Covington in 1964 and continued until 1973, when he became circuit court judge for the 25th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, a position he held until he became a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1981.","As a Supreme Court of Virginia justice, Stephenson wrote decisions upholding the cap on awards on medical malpractice cases and affirming the use of DNA evidence in the case of Timothy W. Spencer in 1989. The Spencer case was the first case in which an individual was sentenced to death based largely on DNA evidence.","Roscoe B. Stehenson, Sr. (1884-1965) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County).  After earning a law degree from Washington \u0026 Lee University in 1909, he moved to Covington, in part because he had an uncle, George A. Revercomb, Sr., who had a law practice there, and began practicing law. Stephenson served as mayor of Covington and Alleghany county Commonwealth's Attorney. He was a Deacon and an Elder at First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.)  He was an active member of the Virginia State Bar Association and his clients included civil and criminal cases.","Oscar Adam Stephenson (1845-1917) was born at Mountain View farm in Bath County (now Highland County). He served in McCausland's Brigade (Brigadier General John McCausland, Jr.) in the Civil War, and was discharged from the Army of the Shenandoah in May 1865."],"otherfindaid_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA box and folder list is available at the repository.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"otherfindaid_heading_ssm":["Other Finding Aid"],"otherfindaid_tesim":["A box and folder list is available at the repository."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJustice Roscoe Stephenson Papers, 1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010), Accession #00028356, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers, 1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010), Accession #00028356, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Stephenson papers are comprised mostly of Justice Stephenson's case files and opinions, correspondence, and other papers documenting his tenure as a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1981-2010.  The papers also include correspondence and opinions, 1973-1978, documenting his work as a judge on the 25th judicial circuit in Alleghany County, as well as  personal papers, 1954-2011, circa. The collection also contains personal and professional papers of Justice Stephenson's father, Roscoe Stephenson, Sr., 1904-1929; and the military discharge record of his grandfather, Oscar Adam Stephenson, 1865.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJustice Stephenson's Supreme Court of Virginia case files, 1981-2010, are notes, research, opinions, and drafts of opinions he wrote while serving on the court.  These papers also contain judicial correspondence, speeches, meeting and program materials, and mementos documenting his service on the court.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJustice Stephenson's personal papers, 1954-2011, contain personal correspondence, 1954-2011; letters pertaining to fundraising for Washington and Lee University, and records of his service to the Museum of Frontier American Culture and the John Marshall Foundation.  The papers also include letters with extended family, letters about personal interests, such as golf and the 50th reunion of the Covington High School class of 1943.  The papers include a few photographs, including a photograph of Roscoe Stephenson, Sr. speaking at the Catawba Sanatorium in 1917 and photographs of the Covington High School Class of 1943 fiftieth reunion.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers, 1904-1929, are comprised mostly of letters documenting his law practice in Covington, Va., much of it involving the collection of debts from local businesses.  The papers also contain letters pertaining to Stephenson's interest in state politics and his relationships with political figures in Virginia.  They include letters to elected officials advocating for candidates, particularly the candidacy of his uncle, George A. Revercomb.  A few letters contain comments on political issues, such as a letter to Delegate Hugh High about legislation White proposed to regulate pollution in the James river, 1914. \nCorrespondents include John Garland Pollard, candidate for Attorney General and member of the Virginia Progressive Democratic League, 1913-1914; Delegate John W. Stephenson (Roscoe Stephenson Sr.'s uncle), 1914-1918, 1924; St. George Tucker, Lexington, 1914; Congressman H.D. Flood, 1916; Aubrey E. Strode, 1914; Justice Louis Spencer Epes, 1917-1918; Governor Westmoreland Davis, 1918; Senator W.A. Rinehart, and Abram P. Staples, 1924.  Letters also document Stephenson's campaign for Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney, 1915 (including annotated Alleghany county voter lists, 1904, circa).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers also contain correspondence with Stephenson family members in Bath and Highland counties and West Virginia; letters pertaining to investments in mining and timber operations; letters with Washington and Lee classmates and fraternity brothers; and letters pertaining to the time he spent in Catawba sanatorium in Roanoke County and his efforts to lobby for increased funding for tuberculosis patients. The papers also include a few items pertaining to Stephenson's work with the Alleghany County draft board during World War I and requests for pardons for convicted individuals when he was Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Stephenson papers are comprised mostly of Justice Stephenson's case files and opinions, correspondence, and other papers documenting his tenure as a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1981-2010.  The papers also include correspondence and opinions, 1973-1978, documenting his work as a judge on the 25th judicial circuit in Alleghany County, as well as  personal papers, 1954-2011, circa. The collection also contains personal and professional papers of Justice Stephenson's father, Roscoe Stephenson, Sr., 1904-1929; and the military discharge record of his grandfather, Oscar Adam Stephenson, 1865.","Justice Stephenson's Supreme Court of Virginia case files, 1981-2010, are notes, research, opinions, and drafts of opinions he wrote while serving on the court.  These papers also contain judicial correspondence, speeches, meeting and program materials, and mementos documenting his service on the court.","Justice Stephenson's personal papers, 1954-2011, contain personal correspondence, 1954-2011; letters pertaining to fundraising for Washington and Lee University, and records of his service to the Museum of Frontier American Culture and the John Marshall Foundation.  The papers also include letters with extended family, letters about personal interests, such as golf and the 50th reunion of the Covington High School class of 1943.  The papers include a few photographs, including a photograph of Roscoe Stephenson, Sr. speaking at the Catawba Sanatorium in 1917 and photographs of the Covington High School Class of 1943 fiftieth reunion.","The Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers, 1904-1929, are comprised mostly of letters documenting his law practice in Covington, Va., much of it involving the collection of debts from local businesses.  The papers also contain letters pertaining to Stephenson's interest in state politics and his relationships with political figures in Virginia.  They include letters to elected officials advocating for candidates, particularly the candidacy of his uncle, George A. Revercomb.  A few letters contain comments on political issues, such as a letter to Delegate Hugh High about legislation White proposed to regulate pollution in the James river, 1914. \nCorrespondents include John Garland Pollard, candidate for Attorney General and member of the Virginia Progressive Democratic League, 1913-1914; Delegate John W. Stephenson (Roscoe Stephenson Sr.'s uncle), 1914-1918, 1924; St. George Tucker, Lexington, 1914; Congressman H.D. Flood, 1916; Aubrey E. Strode, 1914; Justice Louis Spencer Epes, 1917-1918; Governor Westmoreland Davis, 1918; Senator W.A. Rinehart, and Abram P. Staples, 1924.  Letters also document Stephenson's campaign for Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney, 1915 (including annotated Alleghany county voter lists, 1904, circa).","The Roscoe B. Stephenson, Sr. papers also contain correspondence with Stephenson family members in Bath and Highland counties and West Virginia; letters pertaining to investments in mining and timber operations; letters with Washington and Lee classmates and fraternity brothers; and letters pertaining to the time he spent in Catawba sanatorium in Roanoke County and his efforts to lobby for increased funding for tuberculosis patients. The papers also include a few items pertaining to Stephenson's work with the Alleghany County draft board during World War I and requests for pardons for convicted individuals when he was Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers documenting Roscoe B. Stephenson Sr.'s work as a deacon and elder at the First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.), 1920-1935, circa, were transferred to the First Presbyterian Church in 2011.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Papers documenting Roscoe B. Stephenson Sr.'s work as a deacon and elder at the First Presbyterian Church (Covington, Va.), 1920-1935, circa, were transferred to the First Presbyterian Church in 2011."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBecause the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"corpname_ssim":["Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","Museum of American Frontier Culture Foundation Board of Directors (Staunton, Va.)","Virginia 25th Judicial Circuit.","Virginia. Supreme Court.","Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (Lexington, Va.)."],"persname_ssim":["Stephenson, Oscar Adam, 1845-1917.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1884-1965.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011."],"names_ssim":["Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","Museum of American Frontier Culture Foundation Board of Directors (Staunton, Va.)","Virginia 25th Judicial Circuit.","Virginia. Supreme Court.","Washington and Lee University Alumni Association (Lexington, Va.).","Stephenson, Oscar Adam, 1845-1917.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1884-1965.","Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:36:33.766Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00019"}},{"id":"vil_vil00016","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00016#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00016#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eCommission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution records documenting the work of the commission from 1926-1927. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, press release, suggested amendments, drafts, notes, a transcript of public hearing about proposed amendments, a pamphlet summarizing a survey, initiated by the Office of the Governor, of county and city government in other states; newspaper clippings, and two speeches. Contains correspondence between Chief Justice Robert Prentis, Chair of the Commission, and Governor Harry F. Byrd, and with Congressmen R. Walton Moore (8th District), commission member Robert M. Hughes, as well as letters from lawyers, state officials and delegates, commenting on proposed amendments. Also contains correspondence pertaining to press relations and public hearings, printed reports of the commission and drafting committee, a statement from Robert Tunstall, 1926; and a report, \"Organization and Management of the State Government of Virginia: Report on a Survey made for the Governor and his Committee on Consolidation and Simplification,\" issued by the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, January 1927. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00016#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vil_vil00016","ead_ssi":"vil_vil00016","_root_":"vil_vil00016","_nest_parent_":"vil_vil00016","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsll-scv/vil00016.xml","title_ssm":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)"],"title_tesim":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)"],"text":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)","00030217","Finance, Public -- Virginia.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Minutes -- Virginia.","Pamphlets -- Virginia.","Press releases -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Speeches -- Virginia.","0.35 cu. ft. (1 box)","There are no access restrictions.","By authority of an act approved March 25, 1926, Governor Harry Byrd appointed a commission of seven members (Robert R. Prentis, President, Supreme Court of Appeals), R. Gray Williams, of Winchester; William Minor Lile, Dean of the University of Virginia Law School, Robert M. Hughes, of Norfolk; Joseph H. Chitwood, of Roanoke, former Governor Henry C. Stuart, and William Meade Fletcher, of Sperryville, to a commission to suggest changes in the Virginia Constitution. The commission was \"charged with the duty of studying the constitution of Virginia and proposing in detail such revisions of the same as in the opinion of the commission will be for the best interests of the commonwealth.\" The suggested amendments, approved by the General Assembly, reduced the number of statewide elected officials from eight to three (what became known as the short ballot), and \"revised the state tax system by implementing a system of tax segregation that gave localities the power to tax real estate and personal property while leaving the income tax available to the state.\" (Encyclopedia Virginia article on Harry F. Byrd, viewed July 30, 2012.)","The Bureau of Municipal Research was a citizens committee headed by William T. Reed, friend and mentor of Harry F. Byrd. The General Assembly authorized the bureau to survey Virginia government and recommend reductions.","Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution records documenting the work of the commission from 1926-1927. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, press release, suggested amendments, drafts, notes, a transcript of public hearing about proposed amendments, a pamphlet summarizing a survey, initiated by the Office of the Governor, of county and city government in other states; newspaper clippings, and two speeches. Contains correspondence between Chief Justice Robert Prentis, Chair of the Commission, and Governor Harry F. Byrd, and with Congressmen R. Walton Moore (8th District), commission member Robert M. Hughes, as well as letters from lawyers, state officials and delegates, commenting on proposed amendments. Also contains correspondence pertaining to press relations and public hearings, printed reports of the commission and drafting committee, a statement from Robert Tunstall, 1926; and a report, \"Organization and Management of the State Government of Virginia: Report on a Survey made for the Governor and his Committee on Consolidation and Simplification,\" issued by the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, January 1927.","Includes correspondence between University of Virginia president Edwin A. Alderman and Judge Prentis in which Alderman describes his concerns about Section 184 of the Constitution, which prohibited public borrowing for improvements; a memo from Governor Byrd to the members of the commission enclosing recommendations of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research for changes to the constitution, 1927 Jan. 18; and a letter recommending contemporary scientific research on race to the commission.","Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.","New York Bureau of Municipal Research.","Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","Virginia. Constitution (1902).","Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","Prentis, Robert Riddick, 1855-1931.","Tunstall, Robert.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)"],"collection_ssim":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["00030217"],"unitid_tesim":["00030217"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution."],"creator_ssim":["Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","Prentis, Robert Riddick, 1855-1931.","Tunstall, Robert."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["New York Bureau of Municipal Research.","Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","Virginia. Constitution (1902)."],"creators_ssim":["Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","Prentis, Robert Riddick, 1855-1931.","Tunstall, Robert.","New York Bureau of Municipal Research.","Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","Virginia. Constitution (1902)."],"access_terms_ssm":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"acqinfo_ssim":["These records were transferred to the State Law Library from the Office of the Clerk, Supreme Court of Virginia, in 2007.  Robert Prentis, President of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, was chairman of the commission."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Finance, Public -- Virginia.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Minutes -- Virginia.","Pamphlets -- Virginia.","Press releases -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Speeches -- Virginia."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Finance, Public -- Virginia.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Minutes -- Virginia.","Pamphlets -- Virginia.","Press releases -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Speeches -- Virginia."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["0.35 cu. ft. (1 box)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBy authority of an act approved March 25, 1926, Governor Harry Byrd appointed a commission of seven members (Robert R. Prentis, President, Supreme Court of Appeals), R. Gray Williams, of Winchester; William Minor Lile, Dean of the University of Virginia Law School, Robert M. Hughes, of Norfolk; Joseph H. Chitwood, of Roanoke, former Governor Henry C. Stuart, and William Meade Fletcher, of Sperryville, to a commission to suggest changes in the Virginia Constitution. The commission was \"charged with the duty of studying the constitution of Virginia and proposing in detail such revisions of the same as in the opinion of the commission will be for the best interests of the commonwealth.\" The suggested amendments, approved by the General Assembly, reduced the number of statewide elected officials from eight to three (what became known as the short ballot), and \"revised the state tax system by implementing a system of tax segregation that gave localities the power to tax real estate and personal property while leaving the income tax available to the state.\" (Encyclopedia Virginia article on Harry F. Byrd, viewed July 30, 2012.)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Bureau of Municipal Research was a citizens committee headed by William T. Reed, friend and mentor of Harry F. Byrd. The General Assembly authorized the bureau to survey Virginia government and recommend reductions.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["By authority of an act approved March 25, 1926, Governor Harry Byrd appointed a commission of seven members (Robert R. Prentis, President, Supreme Court of Appeals), R. Gray Williams, of Winchester; William Minor Lile, Dean of the University of Virginia Law School, Robert M. Hughes, of Norfolk; Joseph H. Chitwood, of Roanoke, former Governor Henry C. Stuart, and William Meade Fletcher, of Sperryville, to a commission to suggest changes in the Virginia Constitution. The commission was \"charged with the duty of studying the constitution of Virginia and proposing in detail such revisions of the same as in the opinion of the commission will be for the best interests of the commonwealth.\" The suggested amendments, approved by the General Assembly, reduced the number of statewide elected officials from eight to three (what became known as the short ballot), and \"revised the state tax system by implementing a system of tax segregation that gave localities the power to tax real estate and personal property while leaving the income tax available to the state.\" (Encyclopedia Virginia article on Harry F. Byrd, viewed July 30, 2012.)","The Bureau of Municipal Research was a citizens committee headed by William T. Reed, friend and mentor of Harry F. Byrd. The General Assembly authorized the bureau to survey Virginia government and recommend reductions."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927), Accession #00030217, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927), Accession #00030217, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCommission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution records documenting the work of the commission from 1926-1927. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, press release, suggested amendments, drafts, notes, a transcript of public hearing about proposed amendments, a pamphlet summarizing a survey, initiated by the Office of the Governor, of county and city government in other states; newspaper clippings, and two speeches. Contains correspondence between Chief Justice Robert Prentis, Chair of the Commission, and Governor Harry F. Byrd, and with Congressmen R. Walton Moore (8th District), commission member Robert M. Hughes, as well as letters from lawyers, state officials and delegates, commenting on proposed amendments. Also contains correspondence pertaining to press relations and public hearings, printed reports of the commission and drafting committee, a statement from Robert Tunstall, 1926; and a report, \"Organization and Management of the State Government of Virginia: Report on a Survey made for the Governor and his Committee on Consolidation and Simplification,\" issued by the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, January 1927.      \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence between University of Virginia president Edwin A. Alderman and Judge Prentis in which Alderman describes his concerns about Section 184 of the Constitution, which prohibited public borrowing for improvements; a memo from Governor Byrd to the members of the commission enclosing recommendations of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research for changes to the constitution, 1927 Jan. 18; and a letter recommending contemporary scientific research on race to the commission. \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution records documenting the work of the commission from 1926-1927. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, press release, suggested amendments, drafts, notes, a transcript of public hearing about proposed amendments, a pamphlet summarizing a survey, initiated by the Office of the Governor, of county and city government in other states; newspaper clippings, and two speeches. Contains correspondence between Chief Justice Robert Prentis, Chair of the Commission, and Governor Harry F. Byrd, and with Congressmen R. Walton Moore (8th District), commission member Robert M. Hughes, as well as letters from lawyers, state officials and delegates, commenting on proposed amendments. Also contains correspondence pertaining to press relations and public hearings, printed reports of the commission and drafting committee, a statement from Robert Tunstall, 1926; and a report, \"Organization and Management of the State Government of Virginia: Report on a Survey made for the Governor and his Committee on Consolidation and Simplification,\" issued by the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, January 1927.","Includes correspondence between University of Virginia president Edwin A. Alderman and Judge Prentis in which Alderman describes his concerns about Section 184 of the Constitution, which prohibited public borrowing for improvements; a memo from Governor Byrd to the members of the commission enclosing recommendations of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research for changes to the constitution, 1927 Jan. 18; and a letter recommending contemporary scientific research on race to the commission."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBecause the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"corpname_ssim":["New York Bureau of Municipal Research.","Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","Virginia. Constitution (1902)."],"persname_ssim":["Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","Prentis, Robert Riddick, 1855-1931.","Tunstall, Robert."],"names_ssim":["New York Bureau of Municipal Research.","Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","Virginia. Constitution (1902).","Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","Prentis, Robert Riddick, 1855-1931.","Tunstall, Robert."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:36:33.766Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vil_vil00016","ead_ssi":"vil_vil00016","_root_":"vil_vil00016","_nest_parent_":"vil_vil00016","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/vsll-scv/vil00016.xml","title_ssm":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)"],"title_tesim":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)"],"text":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)","00030217","Finance, Public -- Virginia.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Minutes -- Virginia.","Pamphlets -- Virginia.","Press releases -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Speeches -- Virginia.","0.35 cu. ft. (1 box)","There are no access restrictions.","By authority of an act approved March 25, 1926, Governor Harry Byrd appointed a commission of seven members (Robert R. Prentis, President, Supreme Court of Appeals), R. Gray Williams, of Winchester; William Minor Lile, Dean of the University of Virginia Law School, Robert M. Hughes, of Norfolk; Joseph H. Chitwood, of Roanoke, former Governor Henry C. Stuart, and William Meade Fletcher, of Sperryville, to a commission to suggest changes in the Virginia Constitution. The commission was \"charged with the duty of studying the constitution of Virginia and proposing in detail such revisions of the same as in the opinion of the commission will be for the best interests of the commonwealth.\" The suggested amendments, approved by the General Assembly, reduced the number of statewide elected officials from eight to three (what became known as the short ballot), and \"revised the state tax system by implementing a system of tax segregation that gave localities the power to tax real estate and personal property while leaving the income tax available to the state.\" (Encyclopedia Virginia article on Harry F. Byrd, viewed July 30, 2012.)","The Bureau of Municipal Research was a citizens committee headed by William T. Reed, friend and mentor of Harry F. Byrd. The General Assembly authorized the bureau to survey Virginia government and recommend reductions.","Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution records documenting the work of the commission from 1926-1927. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, press release, suggested amendments, drafts, notes, a transcript of public hearing about proposed amendments, a pamphlet summarizing a survey, initiated by the Office of the Governor, of county and city government in other states; newspaper clippings, and two speeches. Contains correspondence between Chief Justice Robert Prentis, Chair of the Commission, and Governor Harry F. Byrd, and with Congressmen R. Walton Moore (8th District), commission member Robert M. Hughes, as well as letters from lawyers, state officials and delegates, commenting on proposed amendments. Also contains correspondence pertaining to press relations and public hearings, printed reports of the commission and drafting committee, a statement from Robert Tunstall, 1926; and a report, \"Organization and Management of the State Government of Virginia: Report on a Survey made for the Governor and his Committee on Consolidation and Simplification,\" issued by the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, January 1927.","Includes correspondence between University of Virginia president Edwin A. Alderman and Judge Prentis in which Alderman describes his concerns about Section 184 of the Constitution, which prohibited public borrowing for improvements; a memo from Governor Byrd to the members of the commission enclosing recommendations of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research for changes to the constitution, 1927 Jan. 18; and a letter recommending contemporary scientific research on race to the commission.","Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.","New York Bureau of Municipal Research.","Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","Virginia. Constitution (1902).","Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","Prentis, Robert Riddick, 1855-1931.","Tunstall, Robert.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)"],"collection_ssim":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["00030217"],"unitid_tesim":["00030217"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution."],"creator_ssim":["Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","Prentis, Robert Riddick, 1855-1931.","Tunstall, Robert."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["New York Bureau of Municipal Research.","Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","Virginia. Constitution (1902)."],"creators_ssim":["Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","Prentis, Robert Riddick, 1855-1931.","Tunstall, Robert.","New York Bureau of Municipal Research.","Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","Virginia. Constitution (1902)."],"access_terms_ssm":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"acqinfo_ssim":["These records were transferred to the State Law Library from the Office of the Clerk, Supreme Court of Virginia, in 2007.  Robert Prentis, President of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, was chairman of the commission."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Finance, Public -- Virginia.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Minutes -- Virginia.","Pamphlets -- Virginia.","Press releases -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Speeches -- Virginia."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Finance, Public -- Virginia.","Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","Correspondence -- Virginia.","Minutes -- Virginia.","Pamphlets -- Virginia.","Press releases -- Virginia.","Reports -- Virginia.","Speeches -- Virginia."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["0.35 cu. ft. (1 box)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBy authority of an act approved March 25, 1926, Governor Harry Byrd appointed a commission of seven members (Robert R. Prentis, President, Supreme Court of Appeals), R. Gray Williams, of Winchester; William Minor Lile, Dean of the University of Virginia Law School, Robert M. Hughes, of Norfolk; Joseph H. Chitwood, of Roanoke, former Governor Henry C. Stuart, and William Meade Fletcher, of Sperryville, to a commission to suggest changes in the Virginia Constitution. The commission was \"charged with the duty of studying the constitution of Virginia and proposing in detail such revisions of the same as in the opinion of the commission will be for the best interests of the commonwealth.\" The suggested amendments, approved by the General Assembly, reduced the number of statewide elected officials from eight to three (what became known as the short ballot), and \"revised the state tax system by implementing a system of tax segregation that gave localities the power to tax real estate and personal property while leaving the income tax available to the state.\" (Encyclopedia Virginia article on Harry F. Byrd, viewed July 30, 2012.)\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Bureau of Municipal Research was a citizens committee headed by William T. Reed, friend and mentor of Harry F. Byrd. The General Assembly authorized the bureau to survey Virginia government and recommend reductions.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["By authority of an act approved March 25, 1926, Governor Harry Byrd appointed a commission of seven members (Robert R. Prentis, President, Supreme Court of Appeals), R. Gray Williams, of Winchester; William Minor Lile, Dean of the University of Virginia Law School, Robert M. Hughes, of Norfolk; Joseph H. Chitwood, of Roanoke, former Governor Henry C. Stuart, and William Meade Fletcher, of Sperryville, to a commission to suggest changes in the Virginia Constitution. The commission was \"charged with the duty of studying the constitution of Virginia and proposing in detail such revisions of the same as in the opinion of the commission will be for the best interests of the commonwealth.\" The suggested amendments, approved by the General Assembly, reduced the number of statewide elected officials from eight to three (what became known as the short ballot), and \"revised the state tax system by implementing a system of tax segregation that gave localities the power to tax real estate and personal property while leaving the income tax available to the state.\" (Encyclopedia Virginia article on Harry F. Byrd, viewed July 30, 2012.)","The Bureau of Municipal Research was a citizens committee headed by William T. Reed, friend and mentor of Harry F. Byrd. The General Assembly authorized the bureau to survey Virginia government and recommend reductions."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927), Accession #00030217, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927), Accession #00030217, Supreme Court of Virginia Archives, Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCommission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution records documenting the work of the commission from 1926-1927. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, press release, suggested amendments, drafts, notes, a transcript of public hearing about proposed amendments, a pamphlet summarizing a survey, initiated by the Office of the Governor, of county and city government in other states; newspaper clippings, and two speeches. Contains correspondence between Chief Justice Robert Prentis, Chair of the Commission, and Governor Harry F. Byrd, and with Congressmen R. Walton Moore (8th District), commission member Robert M. Hughes, as well as letters from lawyers, state officials and delegates, commenting on proposed amendments. Also contains correspondence pertaining to press relations and public hearings, printed reports of the commission and drafting committee, a statement from Robert Tunstall, 1926; and a report, \"Organization and Management of the State Government of Virginia: Report on a Survey made for the Governor and his Committee on Consolidation and Simplification,\" issued by the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, January 1927.      \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence between University of Virginia president Edwin A. Alderman and Judge Prentis in which Alderman describes his concerns about Section 184 of the Constitution, which prohibited public borrowing for improvements; a memo from Governor Byrd to the members of the commission enclosing recommendations of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research for changes to the constitution, 1927 Jan. 18; and a letter recommending contemporary scientific research on race to the commission. \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution records documenting the work of the commission from 1926-1927. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, press release, suggested amendments, drafts, notes, a transcript of public hearing about proposed amendments, a pamphlet summarizing a survey, initiated by the Office of the Governor, of county and city government in other states; newspaper clippings, and two speeches. Contains correspondence between Chief Justice Robert Prentis, Chair of the Commission, and Governor Harry F. Byrd, and with Congressmen R. Walton Moore (8th District), commission member Robert M. Hughes, as well as letters from lawyers, state officials and delegates, commenting on proposed amendments. Also contains correspondence pertaining to press relations and public hearings, printed reports of the commission and drafting committee, a statement from Robert Tunstall, 1926; and a report, \"Organization and Management of the State Government of Virginia: Report on a Survey made for the Governor and his Committee on Consolidation and Simplification,\" issued by the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, January 1927.","Includes correspondence between University of Virginia president Edwin A. Alderman and Judge Prentis in which Alderman describes his concerns about Section 184 of the Constitution, which prohibited public borrowing for improvements; a memo from Governor Byrd to the members of the commission enclosing recommendations of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research for changes to the constitution, 1927 Jan. 18; and a letter recommending contemporary scientific research on race to the commission."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBecause the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Because the library is not open to the general public, researchers should contact the library to arrange access to the collection."],"corpname_ssim":["New York Bureau of Municipal Research.","Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","Virginia. Constitution (1902)."],"persname_ssim":["Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","Prentis, Robert Riddick, 1855-1931.","Tunstall, Robert."],"names_ssim":["New York Bureau of Municipal Research.","Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","Virginia. Constitution (1902).","Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","Prentis, Robert Riddick, 1855-1931.","Tunstall, Robert."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:36:33.766Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vil_vil00016"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia","value":"Virginia State Law Library, Supreme Court of Virginia","hits":3},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Virginia+State+Law+Library%2C+Supreme+Court+of+Virginia\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)","value":"Committee on District Courts Records, 1965-2011 (bulk 1973-1974)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Committee+on+District+Courts+Records%2C+1965-2011+%28bulk+1973-1974%29\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)","value":"Justice Roscoe Stephenson Papers\n1865; 1904-2011 (bulk 1981-2010)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Justice+Roscoe+Stephenson+Papers%0A1865%3B+1904-2011+%28bulk+1981-2010%29\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)","value":"Records of the Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution, 1922-1936 (bulk 1926-1927)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Records+of+the+Commission+to+Suggest+Changes+in+the+Virginia+Constitution%2C+1922-1936+%28bulk+1926-1927%29\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"creator_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Creator","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011","value":"Stephenson, Roscoe Bolar, 1922-2011","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Stephenson%2C+Roscoe+Bolar%2C+1922-2011\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","value":"Virginia. Commission to Suggest Changes in the Virginia Constitution.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Virginia.+Commission+to+Suggest+Changes+in+the+Virginia+Constitution.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","value":"Virginia. Committee on District Courts.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Virginia.+Committee+on+District+Courts.\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/creator_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"names_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Names","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","value":"Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Alderman%2C+Edwin+Anderson%2C+1861-1931.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","value":"Alleghany County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Alleghany+County+%28Va.%29+Commonwealth%27s+Attorney.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Bennett, Hubert D.","value":"Bennett, Hubert D.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Bennett%2C+Hubert+D.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","value":"Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Byrd%2C+Harry+Flood%2C+1887-1966.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","value":"Catawba Sanatorium (Roanoke County, Va.)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Catawba+Sanatorium+%28Roanoke+County%2C+Va.%29\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","value":"Covington High School Alumni Association (Covington, Va.)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Covington+High+School+Alumni+Association+%28Covington%2C+Va.%29\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Hodnett, Frederick A.","value":"Hodnett, Frederick A.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Hodnett%2C+Frederick+A.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","value":"Hughes, Robert M. (Robert Morton), b. 1855.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Hughes%2C+Robert+M.+%28Robert+Morton%29%2C+b.+1855.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","value":"Lile, William Minor, 1893-1932.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Lile%2C+William+Minor%2C+1893-1932.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Miller, Andrew P., 1932-.","value":"Miller, Andrew P., 1932-.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Miller%2C+Andrew+P.%2C+1932-.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","value":"Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Moore%2C+R.+Walton+%28Robert+Walton%29%2C+1859-1941.\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/names_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"access_subjects_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Subjects","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Alleghany County (Va.) -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.","value":"Alleghany County (Va.) -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Alleghany+County+%28Va.%29+--+History+--+World+War%2C+1914-1918.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Audiocassettes -- Virginia -- Richmond.","value":"Audiocassettes -- Virginia -- Richmond.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Audiocassettes+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","value":"Clippings (information artifacts) -- Virginia -- Richmond.","hits":3},"links":{"remove":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Correspondence -- Virginia.","value":"Correspondence -- Virginia.","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Correspondence+--+Virginia.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"DNA fingerprinting -- Virginia.","value":"DNA fingerprinting -- Virginia.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=DNA+fingerprinting+--+Virginia.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"District courts -- Virginia -- History.","value":"District courts -- Virginia -- History.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=District+courts+--+Virginia+--+History.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Finance, Public -- Virginia.","value":"Finance, Public -- Virginia.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Finance%2C+Public+--+Virginia.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Judges -- Virginia.","value":"Judges -- Virginia.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Judges+--+Virginia.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Judicial opinions -- Virginia.","value":"Judicial opinions -- Virginia.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Judicial+opinions+--+Virginia.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Judicial records -- Virginia.","value":"Judicial records -- Virginia.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Judicial+records+--+Virginia.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Lawyers -- Virginia -- Covington.","value":"Lawyers -- Virginia -- Covington.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Lawyers+--+Virginia+--+Covington.\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/access_subjects_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"level_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Level","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Collection","value":"Collection","hits":3},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Collection\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/level_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"all_fields","attributes":{"label":"All Fields"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026search_field=all_fields\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"keyword","attributes":{"label":"Keyword"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026search_field=keyword\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"name","attributes":{"label":"Name"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026search_field=name\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"place","attributes":{"label":"Place"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026search_field=place\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"subject","attributes":{"label":"Subject"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026search_field=subject\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"title","attributes":{"label":"Title"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026search_field=title\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"container","attributes":{"label":"Container"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026search_field=container\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"identifier","attributes":{"label":"Identifier"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026search_field=identifier\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"score desc, title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"relevance"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026sort=score+desc%2C+title_sort+asc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"date (ascending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026sort=date_sort+asc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"date (descending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026sort=date_sort+desc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"creator (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026sort=creator_sort+asc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"creator (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026sort=creator_sort+desc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"title (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026sort=title_sort+asc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"title (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Clippings+%28information+artifacts%29+--+Virginia+--+Richmond.\u0026sort=title_sort+desc\u0026view=compact"}}]}